Internet of Drones

8 A Smart WeeDrone for Sustainable Agriculture

R. Maheswari, R. Ganesan, and Kanagaraj Venusamy

DOI: 10.1201/9781003252085-8

CONTENTS

1. 8.1 Introduction
2. 8.1.1 Competition Between Crops and Weeds
3. 8.2 Related Work
4. 8.3 WeeDrone
5. 8.4 Features of WeeDrone
6. 8.4.1 Shortest Path Algorithm
7. 8.4.2 OpenDroneMap
8. 8.4.3 Machine Learning Algorithm
9. 8.4.4 Removal of Diseased/Dead Plant
10. 8.4.5 Sowing and Spreading Manure
11. 8.4.6 Data Analysis
12. 8.5 Design and Working Principle
13. 8.6 Outputs and Simulation
14. 8.6.1 Autonomous Flight
15. 8.6.1.1 Drone Flight
16. 8.6.1.2 Automatic Flight Subsystem
17. 8.6.2 Image Processing
18. 8.6.3 Robotic Arm Design
19. 8.6.3.1 Statistical Analysis of WeeDrone Model
20. 8.7 Conclusion
21. References

8.1 Introduction

The major problem in present-day Indian agriculture ...